Wednesday, 18 February 2015

My 5 year old is surprisingly conservative when it comes to drinks so I'm often looking for ways to get her to be a little bit more adventurous. This Slushy Maker cup from Chillfactor is just the ticket - it adds a little excitement to her drinks by putting her in control to make iced slush drinks on her own, simply by squeezing the cup. The new Tutti Fruity range of squeeze cups come in bright orange, blue, purple and pink.

The Chillfactor Squeeze Cup Slushy Maker can turn most liquid drinks into an ice slush. You place the cup in the freezer for a few hours, then pour in your drink and then squish, squish, squish the cup to turn it into slush. Lara thought this was EXCELLENT. Her first choice of drink to experiment with was chocolate milk. We made up the chocolate milk mix as normal and then poured it into the Squeeze Cup. Lara tried to squeeze the cup but it was too cold for her to touch, so I wrapped it in an oven glove! Since then, I've learned to only place the ice-pack insert for the cup into the freezer so that it isn't so cold to touch.

It took about 1 minute of squishing and squeezing for the milk to fully turn to a thick slush which came up above the top of the cup, and into the round cup lid.

The cup is easy to assemble. It comes in about 4 or 5 pieces which can be washed easily.

We have tried a strong orange squash mix and different milk flavours and Lara loves them. She likes the novelty and intrigue of the ice cold lumps. She slurps until her heart's content and uses he other end of the straw (a little spoon) to scoop the best bits out. The straw is the only part of the cup that I found tricky to wash because it is inflexible.

Lara isn't much into fizzy drinks or strongly flavoured drinks but I think she may give some bolder colours and flavours a go in this slushy maker. Its so easy, and more or less mess-free so I can let her try new things without worrying about having to lift out a blender or crush up ice. I'm looking forward to cherryade flavour slushies.

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Approaching motherhood the mellow way - with a positive, mental attitude
Mum to primary school superstar Lara (7) and whirlwind Holly (4). By day I build enterprise software, by night I blog about being a mummy, pampering and tech